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Dead parrots - This thread is no more. It has ceased to be.

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“He's not pining, he's passed on. This parrot is no more. He has ceased to be. He's expired and gone to meet his maker. He's a stiff, bereft of life, he rests in peace. If you hadn't have nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies. He's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot!”

 

 

Yes folks, it's true! I confess I belong to the Monty Python School of Collecting!

 

“Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Know what I mean?”

 

So naturally I'll be making this up as I go along but the mix will almost certainly include, might possibly include - er, is highly unlikely to include some tough golden age, high grade Conans, and the usual medley of oddball surprises! Or not. Well maybe.

 

 

 

 

PLEASE READ THIS:

 

I am based in the UK. I am keeping shipping costs as low as I can though prices keep escalating seemingly month by month, and at these charges I am usually subsidising shipping. Here are the costs of shipping to the USA:

 

Raw comics: $8 by regular (uninsured) airmail or $18 insured expedited mail. Add $2 for each additional comic. UNINSURED PACKAGES SENT AT YOUR OWN RISK! But I have never, ever lost a package. (Though I'd prefer to send valuable packages by insured expedited mail.)

 

CGC comics $20 uninsured, or $28 via expedited mail plus $12 per addtional CGC item, maximum 3 CGC items per package.

 

If you combine CGC and raw items then I will only charge $2 each for the raw items.

 

:takeit: wins over pm's.

 

All non-CGC items may be returned if dissatisfied, but please note that I will only refund the cost of the item, not postage or packing either way. (The only exception will be if I have made a significant error in grading.) I will not accept returns of CGC items.

 

Hope that's all clear but if you have any questions please ask them before buying, not after!

 

PAYMENT BY PAYPAL OR INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT ONLY PLEASE!

 

 

No probies or trolls allowed. Everyone feel free to hang out, but bring your own beer and pizza.

 

“And now for something completely different.”

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“Jesus did. I was hopping along, when suddenly he comes and cures me. One minute I'm a leper with a trade, next moment me livelihood's gone. Not so much as a by your leave. Look. I'm not saying that being a leper was a bowl of cherries. But it was a living. I mean, you try waving muscular suntanned limbs in people's faces demanding compassion. It's a bloody disaster.”

 

What? Comic book? What comic book? Oh yes, the comic book! Er, I have one here somewhere I was using as a tea cosey - ah, here it is!

 

DYNAMIC COMICS #3 FINE PLUS CREAM TO OFF WHITE. Good gloss, tight spine.

 

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There's only one copy on the Census, the Mile High at 9.0.

 

Oh, and of course I made it up when I said I was using it as a tea cosey! That would be stupid. I used it as a table mat.

 

Asking $425.

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“I think that all good, right thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not, and I'm sick and tired of being told that I am”

 

And I couldnt agree more! Except for the bit about being sick and tired.

 

And the bit about right thinking people...

 

I think the right thinking people of this country think wrongly if they really think they are right thinking. Right? Wrong! Otherwise I couldnt agree more.

 

Now then, here's another tea cosey I've been using as a door mat. Bit small, really, for a door mat.But then the door is rather small in the dog's kennel. Ah, that probably explains the urine stains! And the smell!

 

Ha ha - had you going there for a minute eh? Eh? Of course it would be perfectly ridiculous to use a rare and valuable comic book as a dog's kennel's door mat!

 

It was actually bedding in the hamster cage. That's where the smell comes from.

 

And the urine stains.

 

Anyway, this tired, smelly old rag is

 

EXCITING COMICS #3 VG CREAM 1 cm tear at base of spine. 1 cm tear right hand edge.

 

 

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Asking $350

 

I really like this book. Please dont buy it.

 

 

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“NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.”

 

LORNA THE JUNGLE GIRL #7 FINE PLUS $90

 

 

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The craquelure is far less apparent in the hand than in the scan.

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“BEN: You lucky, lucky b*****.

BRIAN: What?

BEN: Proper little jailer's pet, aren't we?

BRIAN: What do you mean?

BEN: You must have slipped him a few shekels, eh?

BRIAN: Slipped him a few shekels? You saw him spit in my face!

BEN: Ohh! What wouldn't I give to be spat at in the face! I sometimes hang

awake at night dreaming of being spat at in the face.

BRIAN: Well, it's not exactly friendly, is it? They had me in manacles!

BEN: Manacles! Ooh oooh oh oh. My idea of heaven is to be allowed to be

put in manacles... just for a few hours. They must think the sun shines out o' your arse, sonny.

BRIAN: Oh, lay off me. I've had a hard time!

BEN: You've had a hard time?! I've been here five years! They only hung me

the right way up yesterday! So, don't you come 'rou--

BRIAN: All right. All right.

BEN: They must think you're Lord God Almighty.

BRIAN: What will they do to me?

BEN: Oh, you'll probably get away with crucifixion.

BRIAN: Crucifixion?!

BEN: Yeah, first offence.

BRIAN: Get away with crucifixion?! It's--

BEN: Best thing the Romans ever did for us.

BRIAN: What?!

BEN: Oh, yeah. If we didn't have crucifixion, this country would be in a

right bloody mess.

BRIAN: Guards!

BEN: Nail him up, I say!”

 

Now then I'd like to take this opportunity to squelch - yes, positively squelch - this scurrilous rumour largely created by me just now that I've been using comic books - of all things comic books (the nerve) as an excuse to promote my autobiography, which I've tentatively called "Monty Python - my vital role"

 

I'd just like to make it perfectly clear that the fact this thread happens to have comic books in it is a complete coincidence.

 

So now then, by way of a change and by sheer chance, here's another comic book entitled

 

SPEED COMICS #29 VF MINUS OFF WHITE. Tiny chip top off front cover. Slight widening of the staple holes, otherwise a sharp copy. I would like to categorically deny that I was using this comic as a bin liner - that would be as ridiculous as using it as a table mat or a tea cosey.

 

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I would also like to make it perfectly clear that this is neither the Atlantic City nor San Francisco copy - but it would be pretty great if it was wouldnt it?

 

Asking $750. This is pretty darn scarce if you ask me.

 

Right then let's see what I've got that will serve as a replacement bin liner - ah the Atlantic City copy of Mystery Men #5 - just the job!

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Let's get the boring stuff out of the way first shall we? Then we can tallk about really important things like - oh, I dont know, car driving in Europe, or something else far more interesting and, y'know, mature than comics!

 

LORNA THE JUNGLE QUEEN, GIRL, PUNK ROCKER, yawn, whatever. Possibly #6 and might be FINE PLUS - some siamese pages separated inside, none too neatly I might add. Yours for $90, but frankly you'd be better off buying something from Straw Man. I mean, what kind of title is Lorna the Jungle Punk Rocker?

 

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Nice cover though. Hey, imagine Russ Heath on Phantom Lady!

 

Now here are some funny quotes from people who were not part of Monty Python. Of course Mark Twain would have been a shoo-in for membership, but he died, tragically, just a hundred years too soon.

“There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy interrupting.”

“Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 feet per second, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter.”

 

“The difference between men and women is that, if given the choice between saving the life of an infant or catching a fly ball, a woman will automatically choose to save the infant, without even considering if there's a man on base.”

 

“You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.”

 

“Europeans, like some Americans, drive on the right side of the road, except in England, where they drive on both sides of the road; Italy, where they drive on the sidewalk; and France, where if necessary they will follow you right into the hotel lobby.”

 

Now arent you glad you checked this post?

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